Collar fastener and method of manufacturing the same



Sept. 23 1924. 1,509,476

J. A. JUMER COLLAR FASTENER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME FiledJan. 16, 1924 awake cl Juz7wr.

Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOHN A. JUMER, OF TWO HABIBO'RS, MINNESOTA.

COLLAR FASTENER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

Application filed. January 16, 1924. Serial No. 686,678.

1 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JOHN A. JUMER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Two Harbors, in the county of Lake and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar F asteners andMethods of Manufacturing the Same, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates to fasteners for garments and more particularly tofasteners for shirt collars and the like.

The main object of the invention is to furnish a fastener which gripsthe edges 15 of the button hole in a garment in such a manner that thefastener cannot shift either lengthwise or sidewise in the button holebut is also prevented from canting.

Another object of the invention is to provide an article of manufactureof this class which can be produced from sheet metal at a very low costby simply stamping out the fastener in one operation.

In the accompanying drawings one embodiment of the invention isillustrated and:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the fastener mounted in a shirt collar band;

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the fastener;

Figure 3 is a section along line 33 of Figure 1, in larger scale, and

Figure 41- is an elevation of the blank from which the fastener is made.

In the drawings, the reference numeral represents the shield or bodyportion of the fastener or collar button which is substantiallyrectangular in outline and slit as at 11 upwardly from its bottom edge12 and symmetrically on both sides of its center line 13. In this mannera tongue 1.4 is produced in the middle of the body portion, this tonguebeing solid or imperforate throughout and preferably slightly widened atits bottom edge.

Apertures 15 are stamped or cut out of the shield or body portion 10,which are also arranged symmetrically with relation to the center line18. These apertures are spaced both from the edges of the body portionor shield 10 and from the tongue 14: so that side bars 16 are producedon the one hand and narrow strips running pa allel with the side edgesof the tongue 1 -1 on the other hand. These narrow strips are cut acrossas at 17 so that an upstanding horn 18 is produced on each side of thetongue let at its free end.

The upper portions of the narrow strips formed by the cut 17 are bentupwardly on themselves constituting fingers 19 spaced away from the bodyportion 10 slightly more than the thickness of the collar band 21 inorder to accommodate the latter and grip the top edge 20 of the buttonhole.

Finally, the tongue 14 is bent outward and again downward to provide ashoulder or bridge 22. The tongue 14 is thus spaced from the surface ofthe shield 10 about twice the distance between said surface and thefingers 19 so that both the collar band and the collar can be gripped bythe tongue.

As will be noted, there is scarcely any waste of material in producingthis fastener and what is lost is only the small portions punched out ofthe plate to form apertures 15 which are principally provided asornamentation.

In using the fastener, it is first inserted between the folds 23 and 24:that are generally provided at the back of the neck band. The shield 10is'then permitted to remain between the two folds while the fingers 19and the tongue 14 protrude through the button hole when the fingers willengage over the lower edge thereof. The button hole of the collar 25 isthereupon threaded on the tongue 14L which will thus hold the collarfirmly in place.

It is evident that in some instances, when used for supporting othergarments, the device would be applied in inverted position. In thatcase, a skirt, for instance, could be suspended from the hook shapedtongue 14.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A method of producing an article of manufacture of the classdescribed consisting in forming a substantially rectangular blank fromsheet material, then cutting one edge of the blank to provide a bay witha central tongue and narrow fingers, and lastly bending the fingers andtongue in opposite directions and spacing them from the plane of theblank,

2-. A fastener of the class described comprising a shield ofsubstantially rectangular contour, a bay being formed in the shield andopening through one side there- 5 of, a tongue projecting from the edgeof the bay opposite the opening and pointing in the direction thereof,and fingers projecting from the same edge as the tongue but in oppositedirection thereof, the tongue and fingers forming integral parts Withthe shield but being situated in a plane spaced from the shield.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN A. JUMER. 11.3.

